RESEARCHERS have identified a gene variant linked to a severe form of anaemia which may improve our understanding of iron metabolism, says a new study. A new variant of the gene TMPRSS6 was identified by studying the genome of 4,800 healthy individuals from Australia and the Netherlands.
IN A decision that would prolong a legal battle going on since 2007, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday cancelled the allotment of the Rs 6,000-crore Jangi-Thopan and Thopan-Powari hydel power projects to Dutch company Brakel Corporation citing illegal misrepresentations made by the company.
OUR nomadic ancestors had to quickly cover long distances while hunting. A prey that ran faster had to be outrun. While running after the animal they constantly moved their arms; it reduced the effort and counterbalanced the body weight. People now run after buses, sprinters run to win a medal. But the dynamics of running have not changed. What a team was interested in knowing was why
Aviation and shipping should cut their respective carbon dioxide emissions to 10 and 20 percent below 2005 levels over the next decade, the European Union is likely to propose at global climate talks this week.
Dutch utility Essent expects to see one million electric vehicles on the roads in the Netherlands by 2020, its head of new energy said on Thursday.
Alexandra van Huffelen said Essent was working with other Dutch companies to stimulate the industry, lobbying the government to speed up the introduction of electric cars and launching demonstration projects around the country.
The government has allowed a number of private companies for importing High Yielding Variety (HYV) of potato seeds aimed at increasing production of potato in the next season.
The humble Indian auto-rickshaw may soon be reborn in a smart, fuel-conserving avatar. The trigger: A Dutch environmentalist called Stef van Dongen, who took a few too many rides in rickety, smoke belching three-wheelers on a trip to India. Shaken and stirred, he made it his mission to build a better, cleaner model of the auto-rickshaw for Indians.
Netherlands has shown interest to work with Dhaka for supporting its climate change and disaster mitigation programmes.
Outgoing Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Bea Ten Tusscher said this to Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque during her farewell meeting at the Secretariat yesterday.
